Chapter 693: Void Attests to Taiyin
Big Dipper Star Domain, Eastern Wasteland.
Within the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, among the nine dragon caves, some powerful Primeval Royal Clan members came and went, originating from several places of origin, gazing from afar at a vermilion ancient coffin floating inside.
"The weak human race of those days has become this powerful? Even the Saint Emperor of yesteryear was only like this."
The vermilion great coffin had lain there for who knows how many years, buried beneath many chunks of Divine Source, yet not a single primeval creature dared to move it away.
"Is this a treasured ground of your Ten Thousand Dragon Nest? Do you just let a human corpse lie here without doing anything?" asked a middle-aged man with purple hair.
"What, does your Divine Spirit Valley find this unacceptable?" A golden-haired man from the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest glanced back.
Who dared to touch it? Not a single person was willing to move the vermilion great coffin. Powerful as they, the leaders, were, they did not dare approach, and even if their kings came, they would all be wary.
"In the primeval era, the human race was actually not weak. The two true scriptures of Taiyin and Taiyang were definitely created by emperor-level figures, even if they might not belong to this world," said a figure from another clan.
"Yes, remember that Human Demon who cultivated both Taiyin and Taiyang back then? He killed several Ancestral Kings all by himself, rampaging across the world."
"Today's human race is truly weak. In fact, we could ask our respective kings to make a move, wipe them out in one stroke, and make them disappear from this world forever."
"Don't act recklessly. Be careful not to invite great disaster. The Primeval Kings of our various clans have their own decisions," said another ancient creature, like a divine phoenix, in a deep voice.
This was a group of leaders, representing their clans, who had gathered for discussions over several days. Finally, they entered the depths of the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest and looked toward the Crow's Nest.
In the primeval era, a divine platform left behind by an Ancient Emperor had been split into nine pieces. One of those pieces was inside the ancient nest, which flickered with dark light and where chaos energy floated.
"This Human Great Emperor is too domineering, occupying such an important place..." An ancient creature was very dissatisfied, but there was nothing it could do.
"Let us each go and retrieve the sacred objects, assemble the divine platform, and summon toward the Ziwei Ancient Star Domain in the starry sky. Perhaps it will really succeed."
"The cost is enormous. We must be prepared!"
In the vast starry sky, Ye Fan was on the road again. He did not know where the end would be, where he would arrive. It was impossible to be certain.
"I hope I can enter the Ziwei Ancient Star Domain."
He muttered to himself, but he knew that traveling through the cold, silent universe was full of variables. There was absolutely no guarantee, especially since that altar was too small.
At this moment, the old man in green robes was lost again, clutching the stone coffin without self-awareness, following blankly alongside Ye Fan.
This made Ye Fan breathe a sigh of relief. Otherwise, traveling with the evil thought of a deity, standing together, the pressure was simply too great.
"The corpse of a deity, or perhaps the remains of an Ancient Emperor!"
Ye Fan stared at the stone coffin, his eyes burning hot. This was a priceless divine material, hard to find even searching all the heavens.
Did deities really exist? He very much wanted to take a look, but he did not snatch it. Who knew if the old man in green, who was nearly dissolving into the Dao, might suddenly awaken?
The stone coffin was sealed very tightly, not a single aura leaking out. Ye Fan had carefully tried to send out a wisp of divine sense, but it could not enter at all. However, he did not force it. He still clearly remembered the ancient coffins of the Ruthless Great Emperor and the Immortal Emperor. Once approached, they would shatter one's body and soul!
This was a strange journey. After crossing the star domain, he could clearly see countless starlight twinkling. They were traveling at extreme speed in an eternal passage.
One breath, a hundred years!
Ten thousand years, an instant!
Two completely different feelings. One moment, time felt very slow; the next, they were advancing at extreme speed, giving a sense of time alternating and space being chaotic.
This was what it meant to cross the universe. Indescribable, making one sink, making one lost, not knowing what year it was, not knowing where the road ahead lay.
Who knew how long had passed? Ye Fan's body shook violently. Ahead was a patch of dim starlight. The passage disappeared, and they appeared in the dead, silent universe.
"Why do I always run into this kind of thing? The unreliable array patterns of Black Emperor, the incomplete altar of the Ancient Forbidden Land, the altar built by a lost divine thought..."
Ye Fan felt like crying but had no tears. He had come again to the icy-cold universe, with no village ahead and no inn behind, hundreds of millions of miles away from any other ancient star.
Now, he was even farther from the Big Dipper Star Domain, and the Ziwei Star was also a distant blur. He had come to a lifeless resting place, too dead and silent.
If he relied on flying back, ten lifetimes wouldn't be enough to leave. He could only drift aimlessly in the universe until his primal energy was exhausted, his vitality overdrawn, and he died on the way.
"No, this region is too cold and dark. There is a powerful attraction, devouring everything!"
Ye Fan was suddenly startled, feeling a threat of death, as if facing the Devouring Demon Art, about to be turned into ashes and refined away.
"What is that?" His body was involuntarily pulled toward a certain direction. The old man in green and the stone coffin were also like this.
Right ahead, there was no starlight, no glimmer of light. Nothing could be seen. It was pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
Silent and soundless, swallowing heaven and earth, as if a ferocious beast that had existed since the ancient underworld had opened its mouth and devoured an entire star domain, leaving nothing behind.
The force grew stronger and stronger, gradually accelerating. Ye Fan's body was about to split, his sacred blood boiling, his whole body burning, yet an icy cold pierced into his bones.
"What is happening? Why am I out of control, like a river flowing into the sea, a moth flying into a flame?!"
Although Ye Fan had the Sacred Body, he could no longer bear it. He was about to be devoured and destroyed. He had arrived in a region where he could not feel the flow of time.
Eternal darkness, boundless land of death!
In the end, even the divine power fluctuations he emitted were swallowed. Even his own muttering disappeared. Every movement caused his essence to be dissolved.
"This is..."
Ye Fan's heart trembled. This was a terrifying dead cosmic space. Any living being that entered would be swallowed and dissolved, as if facing the Ruthless Great Emperor, who had dazzled the ages.
He was accelerating forward, about to return to eternal silence. His physical body seemed about to disintegrate. A terrifying force rushed toward him, pulling him and making him fall at extreme speed.
The old man in green had lost his main divine thought, completely lost, his form nearly disappearing. He had no reaction at all, just blankly clutching the stone coffin.
"The universe is too vast. Everywhere is death. Eternal and endless, but it's hard to see a source of life..."
Ye Fan sighed. He had broken away from the Big Dipper Star Domain and traveled alone for several years. All he saw was darkness and bitter cold, not a single sound, the loneliness of ten thousand years unchanged.
Now, he knew he had entered a dead zone. If nothing unexpected happened, even if an ancient sage came, they might not be able to save him.
This was a cosmic black hole, capable of destroying eternity, decomposing and swallowing everything that entered its vicinity. Unless a sage came, there was simply no way to escape.
Ye Fan strongly suspected that the first ancient scripture created by the Ruthless Great Emperor — the Devouring Demon Art — was inspired by this.
Now, he was almost facing a great technique, a sage-level figure making a move. How could he escape? If he really fell into the center of the black hole, it would be equivalent to a Great Emperor making a move. He would surely die. Even if a deity came, there would be no way to save him!
"What to do?"
Ye Fan really had no way. Counting his powerful methods, his physical body was unmatched, but he had not yet achieved great accomplishment. If he entered, he would surely become ashes.
Although the God-Slaying Whip was strong, it could not collapse the black hole. There was no divine consciousness to strike. Although the Primordial Qi Cauldron was extraordinary, it absolutely could not absorb the black hole.
The most powerful method was undoubtedly that black gourd. Aside from flames, it could also unleash a world-shaking strike. But could the immortal sword released from the gourd, no matter how sharp, cut through the black hole?
"If only the Nine Dragons Coffin were here. Perhaps the small bronze coffin could unleash the power of an extreme weapon and stabilize the black hole," Ye Fan muttered to himself.
He fixed his gaze on the stone coffin held by the divine thought. Perhaps he could only rely on that. Inside was either a deity or an emperor's corpse. Although dead, it might be able to resist the black hole.
The speed grew faster and faster. They were accelerating toward the black hole. Ye Fan could no longer endure. He used the cauldron to protect himself and also hugged the black gourd.
Finally, they fell into eternal darkness. Even the Source Heaven Divine Eye was useless. When he opened it, divine light was absorbed, and his eyeballs almost flew out.
"Thump"
The divine thought seemed to awaken. At the moment it was about to dissolve into nothingness, it shook violently. The stone coffin in its hand cracked open a gap.
"Boom"
Suddenly, a flood-like aura erupted from the stone coffin. The black hole was already terrifying enough, but the aura inside the coffin was even more frightening.
As if about to destroy the universe, it directly collapsed all the regions outside the black hole, destroying everything!
This was absolutely an unimaginable supreme being. A wisp of aura shot out, collapsing the universe, destroying all things. Nothing could stop it. Not even the black hole could devour it.
Ye Fan's heart shook violently. Sure enough, it was either a deity or an emperor's corpse. It could not be anything else. It was simply too terrifying.
He wrapped himself in the immortal treasure of the chaotic Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, then used the Primordial Qi Cauldron to take himself inside, and also used the black gourd to protect his body. He barely managed to avoid his body shattering.
"Thump"
The stone coffin was extremely awe-inspiring. It punched through the edge of the black hole, breaking out and rushing away. It could not be stopped.
This was just a corpse. How powerful would it have been when alive? Ye Fan did not know. He could not imagine it. He was already considered a strong person, but he could not fathom it.
Departing from the black hole, they entered a barren, cold region so piercing it almost froze one's soul.
"Taiyin sacred force!"
Ye Fan was startled, immediately sensing this terrifying power. Not long after leaving the black hole, he encountered this most primordial thing in the universe.
"Hum"
A crescent-shaped pendant on his body trembled, also emitting a Taiyin true force that sealed the heavens, nearly grinding Ye Fan to dust.
He immediately opened the black gourd, offering up nine-colored misty threads to surround himself, using sacred flames to resist.
"This is... the Taiyin Ancient Scripture!"
Suddenly, Ye Fan's heart stirred. Using the primordial Taiyin sacred force in the universe, he glimpsed two ancient divine characters flashing on the pendant — Taiyin!
He sat cross-legged in the most yin and darkest part of the universe, not moving at all, as if placed in the primeval era of the creation of heaven and earth.
"Taiyin and Taiyang, which is weak and which is strong? Yin and Yang united..." An ancient heavenly sound echoed in his ears like a demonic incantation, playing in the pitch-black universe.
Big Dipper Star Domain, a place of origin of the Eastern Wasteland primeval clans. A group of powerful creatures surrounded a divine platform, extremely devout.
"Sensed a wisp of aura. In the boundless universe, there is still a life fluctuation. No, it is powerful Taiyin sacred force!"
"Should we summon it back?"
"If we offend such an existence, I'm afraid it will be a catastrophe."
"It doesn't matter. Each clan has a Primeval King sitting in charge!"
Central Province, Pang Bo was covered in wounds, returning from a battlefield. Even walking was very difficult. He spat out a mouthful of blood and sighed deeply. "Almost four years now. Little Leaf, have you returned to your homeland? Do you know who my enemy is now? When can I gather with you again..."
"Brother Pang, are your injuries serious?" The Barbarian was also covered in wounds, carrying the severely injured and dying Li Heishui on his back. He sighed, "The Devouring Demon Art is too terrifying. That woman deserves death!"
"And there is an even more terrifying group of people. This era is chaotic. If not for that dog, we would all be dead." Wu Zhongtian had lost an arm, blood dripping all the way.
"Can that dog still survive?" Pang Bo sighed.